Citation

Jones NJ, Brown SL, Wanamaker KA, Greiner LE. Fem. Criminol. 2014; 9(2): 113-136.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1557085113501850

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Feminist (gendered) pathways theorists maintain that female criminality is largely survival-based, and tied to a constellation of factors including early trauma, ensuing mental health issues, and poverty. Based on items drawn from the Youth Assessment and Screening Instrument, multidimensional scaling was performed to elucidate the respective thematic structure of background and offending characteristics of 663 female and 1,175 male juvenile offenders under community supervision in New York State. Although the gendered pathways theme emerged exclusively for females, a theme closely resembling the traditional antisocial pathway depicted in mainstream correctional literature was also evident among females. Theoretical integration is therefore recommended.

Language: en